Arnie, Bruce in Sly’s Trailer?

Being that they’ll only have very brief cameos in the film, I’ve been wondering whether Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger would appear in the trailer for Sylvester Stallone’s “The Expendables”.
I initially assumed the powers-that-be would want to have canon-armed action heroes appear in the preview, as it would definitely help sell a few more tickets, but then I thought, ya know what? It’d be a bit misleading having them pop up in the trailer, wouldn’t it? – audiences would be fooled into thinking Schwarzenegger and Willis have big parts in the film (when they only appear briefly, in a scene at the beginning of the film). Wouldn’t really be right.

And then my I realized my reasoning for the big guns not-doing-it was negated – this is Hollywood we’re talking about. Nobody cares about what’s right. What’s going to mislead. Or what’s going to trick an audience into seeing a movie. It’s a money game – my word we’ll be seeing Arnie and Bruce in the trailer!

The Unit Publicist for “The Expendables” confirmed those assumptions that we’ll see a glimpse of John’s McClane and Matrix in the film. ‘’When I saw Sly & Arnold just before Christmas, Sly mentioned he wanted to use a quick flash of Arnold & Bruce in the trailer.”

A photo of Stallone, Willis and Schwarzenegger – either working on the film, or in a scene from the film – will be available online shortly.